Tony Scott

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Anthony David Leighton Scott (born June 21, 1944 in North Shields , † August 19, 2012 in Los Angeles , USA ) was a British film director and film producer who mainly shot action films. Including popular films such as Top Gun or The Public Enemy No. 1 . He committed suicide in 2012 .

Life

At the age of 16, Tony Scott played the lead role in his older brother Ridley's first attempt at film , Boy and Bicycle . He completed his education at Leeds College of Arts and at the Royal College of Art in London , where he studied art . He created the short films One Of The Missing and Loving Memory for the British Film Institute . Like his brother, Tony was successful not only as a Hollywood director but also as a commercial for television spots. He won numerous awards from the advertising industry.

In the 1960s, he and his brother founded their own production company, Ridley Scott Associates (RSA). In 1995 the two bought the financially troubled Shepperton Studios to give the British film industry a new boost. At the same time, Tony and his brother Ridley founded the production company Scott Free Productions in Los Angeles in order to produce new films from now on. Among other things, RSA produced the second season of the series The Hire commissioned by BMW with Clive Owen in the lead role.

In 1983 Scott enthusiastically shot his first feature film, previously he had directed a short film in 1969 and 1971, followed by a television film in 1973. Tony Scott mostly made his last films with Denzel Washington in the lead role.

Private life

Scott was married three times. In 1969 he married his first wife, the Oscar-winning television producer Gerry Boldy . The marriage was divorced in 1974. In 1986 he married his second wife, Glynis Sanders. They divorced a year later when it became known about Scott's affair with Brigitte Nielsen , whom he met on the set of Beverly Hills Cop II . Nielsen was married to Sylvester Stallone at the time . On the set of Days of Thunder in 1990, he met film and television actress Donna Wilson , who was 24 years his junior. In 1994 the couple married. The twin sons Frank and Max were born in 2000.

death

At around 12:30 p.m. local time on August 19, 2012, Scott committed suicide by jumping off the Vincent Thomas Bridge in the Los Angeles waterfront, San Pedro . Police found contact information in a note in his car parked on the bridge and a suicide note for his family in his office. Testimony showed that he did not hesitate before jumping. His body was found in the water by the port police.

The reasons for Scott's act are obscure. On August 22, spokesman Ed Winters said that Scott's notes did not give a reason for the suicide. On October 22, 2012, the causes of death named were "multiple blunt violent injuries" caused by the impact. Several drugs were also found in his body. A coroner said Scott had no serious previous illnesses. Two years later, however, Ridley Scott stated in an interview that his brother had been diagnosed with cancer before he committed suicide, but the family refused to disclose it so soon after his death.

Former companions like Tom Cruise , Christian Slater , Val Kilmer , Eddie Murphy , Denzel Washington , Gene Hackman , Elijah Wood , Dane Cook , Dwayne Johnson , Stephen Fry , Peter Fonda and Keira Knightley attended Scott's funeral . Tom Cruise said of him that he was a creative visionary whose traces in the film are immeasurable.

The first episode of the television series Coma and the first episode of the fourth season of Good Wife were dedicated to Scott. The film Exodus: Gods and Kings was dedicated to him by his brother Ridley .

Filmography (selection)

As a director

As a producer

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Harris M. Lentz: Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2012, McFarland, 2013 p. 258 Online
  2. ↑ Stephen Galloway: Tony Scott's Unpublished Interview: 'My Family Is Everything to Me' In: The Hollywood Reporter, August 22, 2012. Retrieved August 23, 2012.
  3. ↑ Nigel Stafford-Clark: Obituary: Gerry Scott Foulds. In: the Guardian. May 12, 2007, accessed July 1, 2016 .
  4. ^ Top Gun director Tony Scott dies after jumping from Los Angeles bridge. Retrieved July 1, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from October 8, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.lifestyleuncut.com
  6. ↑ latimesblogs.latimes.com ( Memento from January 27, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
  7. ↑ Tony Scott, Director of 'Top Gun,' Dies in Apparent Suicide. In: TheWrap. August 19, 2012, Retrieved August 11, 2020 (American English).
  8. ↑ http://insidemovies.ew.com/2012/08/20/top-gun-director-tony-scott-dies-in-an-apparent-suicide/ ( Memento from August 20, 2012 on WebCite )
  9. ↑ 'Top Gun' director Tony Scott dead after jumping off bridge. In: LA Times Blogs - LA NOW. August 19, 2012, Retrieved August 11, 2020 (American English).
  10. ↑ Louise Boyle: 'We saw the whole thing': Tourist boat passengers watch in horror as Top Gun director Tony Scott jumps to his death from LA bridge. August 20, 2012, accessed August 11, 2020 .
  11. ↑ http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-tony-scott-20120820,0,398891.story ( Memento from August 20, 2012 on WebCite )
  12. ↑ Tony Scott Laid to Rest in Los Angeles. Retrieved August 11, 2020 .
  13. ↑ Christine Pelisek: Anti-Depressant, Sleep Aid Found in Director Tony Scott's Body . In: The Daily Beast . October 22, 2012 ( thedailybeast.com [accessed August 11, 2020]).
  14. ^ Scott Foundas, Scott Foundas: 'Exodus: Gods and Kings' Director Ridley Scott on Creating His Vision of Moses. In: Variety. November 25, 2014, accessed on August 11, 2020 .
  15. ^ A b "Tom Cruise leads tributes to director Tony Scott" . BBC News. Retrieved August 21, 2012
  16. ↑ "Hollywood Reacts to the death of Tony Scott" . Associated Press. Retrieved August 21, 2012
  17. ↑ "Tony Scott dies aged 68" . Directors UK. Retrieved August 29, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Scott, Tony
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Scott, Anthony David Leighton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British film director
DATE OF BIRTH June 21, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH North Shields , Tynemouth , Northumberland
DATE OF DEATH 19th August 2012
Place of death San Pedro , Los Angeles